Puzzle or toy.



H. D. BULLARD.

PUZZLE 0R TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APB..9,1908.

Patented Mar. 2 1909.

11% hi ease:

UNITED strAtrns HARRISON D. BULLARD, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PUZZLE OR TOY.

I No. 913,689.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed April 9, 1908. Serial No. 426,061.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IlARnIsoN I). BUL- LARD, a citizen of the Unitedbtates, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and l l useful Improvement in Puzzles or loys, oi. which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to toys, andmol'e particularly to a figure toy involv ing in its construction a puzzle.

The object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive construction of toy puzzle which besides all'ord ing amusement and entertaimnent, can he used for advertising purposes.

- Broadly speaking the invention comprises an animal figure cut from a piece of cardboard or other suitable material and having an aperture in the head, and also an aperture at theend of each fore-leg, a string or cord adapted to be passed through said apertures in a definite manner, one end of the string having a ring permanently connected thereto, the op osite end of the string having a ring detac ably connected thereto, the solution of the puzzle being to disconnect the cord from the figure and incidentally detach the detachable ring.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims. In the drawings forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 is a view of a puzzle constructed in accordance with my invention, the cord and rings being arranged for the solution of the puzzle. Fig. 2 is a view showing the first step toward the solution, and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are similar views illustrating the further steps and the final solution of the puzzle.

In carrying out my invention I employ an animal figure A which is preferably made of card-board or any other suitable material and itw ill f course be understood that this figure can e made any size desired and it 'will also be understood that although I have shown my invention applied to a toy bear; it can be applied equally as well to any other figure havmg a head and fore-legs, and in some instances a human figure may be employed, utilizing the arms in placeof the ore-1e s. An opening B is produced in the nose 0 thebear, andar opening (3 m the end of one fore-leg 8,I1(l an opening I) m the end of the other fore-leg.

E indicates a cord or string which is passed through the opening C and D,'l ooped and fastened in the opening B as shown in Fig. 1, and has a ring F permanently attached at one end of the string and a ring G connected to the other end by means of a sliploop ll and it will be noted that this ring G is somewhat larger than the ring F.

It will be understood that the openings B, U and D may be reinforced by cans of eyelets to prevent wear.

Thogpuzzle as before stated is to so manipulate the string and ring as to remove-the string from the nose and legs and also disconnect the detachablc ring from the string. To remove the string the loop I is slackened and passed through the hole D, and slipped over the ring G as most clearly shown in Fig. 2, and by pulling upon the string, the loo will be drawn back through the ring D an out of the opening B as most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The string is therefore released from the nose. Now, take the small loop II at the end of the string where it is looped to the ring G and pass it through the openings D and Q, as shown in Fig. 5, and then put the small ring F through this 100 and this will release the large ring G an the string can be drawn out through the opening B and C. To put the string back run it through the openings C and D and the ring G as shown in Fig. 6 and then reverse the order of operation, hereinbefore described and the string will first be arranged in the paws with the rings at each end and then the loop will be fastened in the nose as most clearly shown in Fig. 1.

I'Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is .1. A puzzle comprising a body portion representing an animal and having a head and two members, said head and members being apertured, and a string passing through said apertures and carrying aring at each end, as set forth.

2. A puzzle comprising a body portion representing an animal and having a head and two members. said head'and members being apertured, 2* string passing throu h said apertures and having a ring permanent y connected to one end and a ring detachably Connected to the opposite end of the string. 3. A puzzle comprising a body portion representing an animal and having a head and two members,

said head and members being apertured, a string adapted to be passed through the members and fastened to the head by me ans of a slip loop, a ring s lp-loop.

4. 'A puzzle comprising an animal figure,

10 the head and fore degsof which are apertured and a string adapted to be passed through said apertures, and connected to the head, and a ring connected to one end of the string, and a second rlng detachably connected to the opposite end of the string.

HARRISON D. BULLARD.

Witnesses:

W. F. I'IARBISON,

0. D. TEGARDEN. 

